Our Heritage: “the price of everything and the value of nothing”?
In Lady Windemere’s Fan, Oscar Wilde had Lord Darlington quip that a cynic was ‘a man who knows the price ...
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Corncrakes along the Barrack Road, Northampton
A recent episode of the BBC’s Springwatch made mention of the demise and conservation of the Corncrake a ground-nesting bird ...
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Lost Churches: St Andrew, Northampton
St Andrew Northampton was built in 1841 from public subscription. Its parish was a densely populated area that was originally ...
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The Missions in the “Boroughs” of Northampton
In the 19th century, despite there being numerous well-established churches of many denominations around the periphery of Northampton’s “Boroughs”, the ...
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Lost streets: Where was North End, Northampton?
Was it a street or did it refer to a district of the town? An early clear reference to North ...
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Lost Churches and Religious Houses of Northampton
Previously I have written about several of Northampton’s “lost” churches. This is an attempt to produce a gazetteer and interactive ...
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Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878) and St Peter’s Northampton
Maybe the name is familiar, perhaps it’s not, it should be! He designed the Midland Hotel at St Pancras Station ...
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Lost churches: St Bartholomew and St Lawrence
One church or two? There is an outstanding mystery about the location of this lost church and whether it was ...
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Queen Victoria’s railway carriage of 1843
The carriage constructed for her Majesty's use, by the directors of the London and Birmingham Railway Company, is of a ...
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“A right Royal visit” Queen Victoria’s visit to Northampton
12 November 1844 was set to be a great day for Northampton. A chance to welcome Queen Victoria and Prince ...
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